verb
kurczyć się
/ˈkurt͡ʂɨt͡ɕ ɕɛ/· czasownikAlso
zbiegać sięzmniejszać się
Definition
to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way
Examples
My sweater shrank in the wash.
Mój sweter skurczył się w praniu.
Collocations
shrink in sizeshrink fromshrink back
Word forms
shrunkpast participleshrankpast simpleshrinkingpresent participleshrinksthird person singular
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